County wins top award for website

08/13/2014 06:20PM
● By Lev

Chester County’s website,
www.chesco.org, received top state-wide honors last week, with the
County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania (CCAP) naming it a
winner in its 2014 Excellence in Website Awards. The award, for
website in first-to-third class counties, was presented to Chester
County at the CCAP annual conference in Lancaster last week.

In presenting the award, CCAP’s first
vice president, Craig Lehman, noted the website design, its
up-to-date content and user-friendly navigation as some of the
reasons for the award.

Chester County commissioner Terence
Farrell said, “Since the website redesign a few years ago, we have
worked to improve and enhance the content and features of Chesco.org
– updating the site daily, and continually expanding and adding new
features that simplify processes and save users time and effort.”

“County employees within many of our
departments work with our communications team to keep information
topical and relevant,” said commissioner Kathi Cozzone. “It’s
great to see their efforts rewarded with this accolade.”

Chester County’s website receives
more than 125,000 site visits every month and provides information on
all County services – from health services and details of parks and
trails, to how and where to vote, what to do if you’re called for
jury duty, online payment options and emergency services information.

Chester County’s mobile app,
ChescoConnect, was launched this year and supports the county’s
main website with information formatted for hand-held devices.